About Us
CaN Education Foundation was incorporated as a “not for profit” organization in BC Registry in November 23, 2011. Simply, we want to help needy children to go to school and/or continue their schooling. Any child should not be compelled to drop out of the school or abandoned from the class room because their parents cannot afford things like, pencil, note book or school uniform. To meet our goal we have set the following vision, mission, objectives and the slogan.
Vision
“No child should be deprived of basic right of education“.
Mission
“Providing access to education for children by paving all possible ways”.
Our Slogan
“working together for children’s education”
We are defined by our following objectives.
Our objectives according to the constitution of CaN Education Foundation are:
- To provide essential supports to the children or students so that they can go to school and/or continue their schooling.
- To provide support in maintaining schools’ infrastructure so that schools can run classes.
- To continue necessary support to the recipients of CaN Education Foundation’s support so that they can pursue a successful career.
Why The Mission Is Necessary
Education
Since 1980, a huge investment has been made in primary sub-sector with the aim to increase enrolment in schools in Nepal. Quantitative growth in primary enrolment has reached an impressive level; however, it has yet to attain the level of full satisfaction. Nearly 11% of the school age children in the school year 2007 were still out of school (DOE, Flash Report I, 2007/08). The problem was compounded as a high number of enrolled children dropped out of the primary education cycle in the same year. Dropout rates are high in all districts, especially in the rural areas. However, there is no noticeable difference in drop out rates between boys and girls.
More over, the disadvantaged groups are still lagging behind. Many primary age children from the disadvantaged minorities and “Dalits” are still denied of their right to primary education. Out of 13.3% share in 5-9 age population, the enrollment of “Dalit” children in primary level is 8.7%. Similarly, out of 43.7% share in 5-9 age population, the enrollment of “Janajati” children in primary school is 25.8% (DOE, 2004). The reasons for this imparities are social, economic and educational constraints rather than lack of physical access to school (MDG Needs Assessment Study, 2005). Most live in the remote and sparsely populated areas and are stricken by acute poverty. As an important measure to deal with this situation the government has announced 100% scholarships to “Dalit” children to attend primary education.
Situation due to the Earthquake
Earthquake in Nepal on April 25, 2015 at 11:56 AM has shattered Nepal. The shallow, 15km under the earth surface, earthquake had Barpak village of Gorakha district as epicenter. More than 7500 people are killed and hundreds of thousands are injured. Nearly one million children cannot go to schools as 24000 class rooms are destroyed or damages, says UNICEF. Few standing schools are used as temporary shelter.
Due to the current alarming situation, CaN has decided to put our effort to rebuild schools, support students with uniforms, stationery and other essential for education, make arrangements to take care and educate orphans.
We need your donation to achieve the goal. Please donate.
